Santiago

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Santiago: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Santiago: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #285, and it stood at #509 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
45times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#285highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1591
1997	#1174
1998	#2419
1999	#1850
2000	#1330
2001	#1949
2002	#1253
2003	#976
2004	#790
2005	#1095
2006	#698
2007	#622
2008	#597
2009	#596
2010	#660
2011	#701
2012	#492
2013	#538
2014	#463
2015	#410
2016	#420
2017	#448
2018	#427
2019	#362
2020	#377
2021	#367
2022	#311
2023	#301
2024	#285

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #285 among boys in England and Wales, #350 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #432 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1591 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #285 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #509 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Santiago appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 1,838 births with the name.

Santiago across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Santiago's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1591 (1996)	#285 (2024)	#285 (2024)	29 of 29	1,838 (1996–2024)	158 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#698 (2008)	#349 (2021)	#509 (2025)	11 of 18	68 (2008–2025)	11 (2021)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#398 (2014)	#398 (2014)	#414 (2022)	4 of 9	12 (2014–2022)	3 (2014)

Santiago by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Santiago in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	28	4 of 10	7
2000s	285	10 of 10	29
2010s	839	10 of 10	84
2020sbusiest	686	5 of 10	137

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 137 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2011 and 2012, when recorded births rose by 32, from 45 to 77.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Santiago appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #285 in England and Wales in 2024.

Santiago's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#285	158	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#301	147	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#311	145	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#367	123	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#377	113	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#362	122	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#427	98	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#448	94	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#420	100	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#410	102	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#463	85	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#538	68	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#492	77	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#701	45	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#660	48	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#596	54	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#597	53	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#622	47	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#698	38	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1095	19	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#790	27	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#976	19	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1253	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1330	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1174	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#414	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#350	11	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#349	11	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#637	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#401	9	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#547	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#432	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #285, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 158 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Santana · #634, 23y
Santi · #1108, 11y
Santino · #622, 29y
Santos · #2690, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Evangeline · #286, 30y
Mylo · #284, 29y
Kyron · #283, 30y
Aura · #288, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Esha · #285, 29y
Imaan · #285, 29y
Sion · #285, 30y
Charly · #284, 27y

Santiago was ranked #285 in England and Wales · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Santiago and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Santiago without appearing here.

Santiago moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1949 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1253 and #3225.
Brent Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1095 and #1095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #698 and #2538.
Graeme Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1949 and #1595 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1253 and #2636.
Isak Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1949 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1253 and #2636.

Moved ahead of Santiago

Hudson Compare
In 2006 they stood at #698 and #885 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #622 and #538.
Cooper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #976 and #1248 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #790 and #731.
Hunter Compare
In 2009 they stood at #596 and #848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #660 and #625.
Arlo Compare
In 2007 they stood at #622 and #651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #597 and #567.

Moved the opposite way to Santiago

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Santiago went from #1591 to #285 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Santiago went from #1591 to #285 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Santiago went from #1591 to #285 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Santiago went from #1591 to #285 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Santiago

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Santiago went from #1591 to #285 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Santiago went from #1591 to #285 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Santiago went from #1591 to #285 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Santiago went from #1591 to #285 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #285 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Santiago

Santiago at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Santiago across 3 official records

Santiago by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Santiago appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Santiago at a glance

Santiago across 3 official records

Santiago by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Santiago appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Santiago

Santiago and the names beside it

Santiago moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Santiago

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